Best colleges for Biology in New England
50 colleges ranked by share of degrees in Biology
These 50 top Biology colleges in New England, ranked by share of degrees in Biology, run from 7% at Wesleyan University to 38% at Unity Environmental University. 11 are public and 39 are private.
| # | College | Type | Biology degrees | Undergrads | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unity Environmental University New Gloucester, ME | Private | 38% | 5,619 | 82% |
| 2 | University of New England Biddeford, ME | Private | 23% | 2,189 | 89% |
| 3 | Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT | Private | 23% | 66 | 92% |
| 4 | Gordon College Wenham, MA | Private | 21% | 1,247 | 59% |
| 5 | Connecticut College New London, CT | Private | 20% | 1,960 | 38% |
| 6 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | Private | 20% | 1,846 | 8% |
| 7 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA | Private | 19% | 1,744 | 71% |
| 8 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private | 19% | 3,663 | 35% |
| 9 | Bates College Lewiston, ME | Private | 18% | 1,753 | 13% |
| 10 | Emmanuel College Boston, MA | Private | 17% | 1,874 | 81% |
| 11 | Colby College Waterville, ME | Private | 16% | 2,282 | 7% |
| 12 | Amherst College Amherst, MA | Private | 16% | 1,907 | 10% |
| 13 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | Private | 16% | 2,198 | 38% |
| 14 | Smith College Northampton, MA | Private | 15% | 2,501 | 20% |
| 15 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | Private | 15% | 2,785 | 10% |
| 16 | Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT | Private | 15% | 1,157 | 92% |
| 17 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | Private | 14% | 9,865 | 16% |
| 18 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | Private | 14% | 2,318 | 14% |
| 19 | Providence College Providence, RI | Private | 14% | 4,170 | 49% |
| 20 | Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT | Private | 14% | 6,904 | 68% |
| 21 | Brown University Providence, RI | Private | 13% | 7,273 | 5% |
| 22 | Hampshire College Amherst, MA | Private | 13% | 716 | 70% |
| 23 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | Public | 13% | 11,614 | 60% |
| 24 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH | Public | 12% | 11,230 | 87% |
| 25 | Yale University New Haven, CT | Private | 12% | 6,811 | 5% |
| 26 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private | 12% | 7,755 | 3% |
| 27 | Trinity College Hartford, CT | Private | 11% | 2,193 | 34% |
| 28 | Clark University Worcester, MA | Private | 11% | 2,336 | 42% |
| 29 | Boston University Boston, MA | Private | 11% | 17,850 | 11% |
| 30 | Tufts University Medford, MA | Private | 11% | 6,804 | 10% |
| 31 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | 10% | 23,694 | 58% |
| 32 | Williams College Williamstown, MA | Private | 10% | 2,060 | 10% |
| 33 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private | 10% | 15,719 | 6% |
| 34 | Stonehill College Easton, MA | Private | 10% | 2,477 | 73% |
| 35 | University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA | Public | 9% | 11,848 | 83% |
| 36 | Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH | Private | 9% | 2,032 | 78% |
| 37 | Assumption University Worcester, MA | Private | 9% | 1,664 | 87% |
| 38 | Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | Private | 9% | 1,186 | 74% |
| 39 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | Public | 9% | 19,147 | 54% |
| 40 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | Private | 9% | 4,367 | 6% |
| 41 | Worcester State University Worcester, MA | Public | 9% | 3,963 | 90% |
| 42 | Mitchell College New London, CT | Private | 9% | 421 | 73% |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | Public | 8% | 13,822 | 77% |
| 44 | University of Maine Orono, ME | Public | 8% | 8,341 | 96% |
| 45 | Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA | Public | 7% | 2,825 | 90% |
| 46 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | Private | 7% | 3,015 | 21% |
| 47 | University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT | Private | 7% | 825 | 80% |
| 48 | Framingham State University Framingham, MA | Public | 7% | 2,556 | 85% |
| 49 | Salem State University Salem, MA | Public | 7% | 4,286 | 96% |
| 50 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | Private | 7% | 2,973 | 17% |